בושת

Cognate with Aramaic בַּהֲתָא (bahăṯā).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.ʃet/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈboː.ʃɛθ/
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈboː.ʃɛtʰ/, [ˈboː.ʃɛθ]
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈboj.ʃɛs/
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈbøː.ʃæθ/, [ˈbøː.ʃæːθ], /ˈbeː.ʃæːθ/
• (Persian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.ʃetʰ/

בּוֹשֶׁת / בֹּשֶׁת • (bóshet) f [pattern: קֹטֶל]

1. shame, a shameful thing
   • Tanach, Psalms 132:18, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     א֭וֹיְבָיו אַלְבִּ֣ישׁ בֹּ֑שֶׁת וְ֝עָלָ֗יו יָצִ֥יץ נִזְרֽוֹ׃

     oyeváv albíš bóšet v'aláv yatsíts nizró

     I will clothe his enemies in disgrace, while on him his crown shall sparkle.”

   • Tanach, Habakkuk 2:10, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     יָעַ֥צְתָּ בֹּ֖שֶׁת לְבֵיתֶ֑ךָ קְצוֹת־עַמִּ֥ים רַבִּ֖ים וְחוֹטֵ֥א נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃

     ya'átsta bóšet l'veitékha k'tsót amím rabím v'khoté nafshékha

     You have plotted shame for your own house, And guilt for yourself;

2. bashfulness, shyness
3. idol
   • Tanach, Jeremiah 3:24, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְהַבֹּ֗שֶׁת אָ֥כְלָ֛ה אֶת־יְגִ֥יעַ אֲבוֹתֵ֖ינוּ מִנְּעוּרֵ֑ינוּ אֶת־צֹאנָם֙ וְאֶת־בְּקָרָ֔ם אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם וְאֶת־בְּנוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃

     v'habóshet akhlá et yegí'a avotéinu min'uréinu et tsonám v'et b'karám et bnéihem v'et bnotéihem

     But the Shameful Thing has consumed The possessions of our ancestors ever since our youth— Their flocks and herds, Their sons and daughters.

• Yiddish: בושת־פּנים (boyshes ponem, “shy person”)
  • Yiddish: בושת־פּנימדיק (boyshes ponemdik, “shy”)

• בֵּית בּוֹשֶׁת (bét bóshet, “brothel”, literally “house of shame”)

• H1322 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “בושת” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language